Combined socket handle and lamp guard



lain. 3,1933. I KlLKENNY 1,893,088

COMBINED SOCKET HANDLE AND LAMP GUARD Filed April 5, 1951 ATTORNEY 3 Patented Jan. .3, 1933 JOHN EARL KILKENNY,

OF PORTLAND, OREGON COMBINED SOCKET HANDLE AND LAMP GUARD Application filed April 3,

My present invention has reference to a combination handle, reflector and guard for electric lamp bulbs and the sockets for such lamps.

My object is to simplify and improve the existing art by producing a combination article in which the socket for the lamp bulb, and the wires leading from the socket are guided through the handle and held from longitudinal movement or from twisting in a simple but novel manner, the handle carrying at its outer end a combined reflector,

guard and holder which may be formed from asingle piece of metal, and which has a split sleeve portion that is attached to the handle at the inner end of such sleeve, the second end of the sleeve, adjacent to its juncture with the guard and reflector, having its slitted edges adjustably connected in a manner whereby the same will bind against the plug or socket and effectively hold the said plug or socket in the device.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of 5 the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing which forms part of the application, with the understanding,however,thattheimprovement is capable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showing of the drawing nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as do not affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a sectional View approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged central longitudinal sectional view through the improvement. Figure 4 is a. sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of one {Of the stop elements for the lamp cord or holder.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 6-6 of Figure 3 to illus- 1931. erial No. 527,508.

trate the manner in which the confronting ends of the conductor wires may be jointed without the employment of solder, without the necessity of twisting the wires or without the employing of wrapping tape.

The handle 1 of the improvement is of wood and is provided with a bore 2 entering from its outer end, and with an opening 3 that communicates with the bore. The wall provided by the bore, at diametrically opposed points, has longitudinally extending grooves 4 theret-hrough and the outer end of the bore is flared. Arranged around and having its end secured to the outer end of the handle 1 there is a split metal sleeve 5. The sleeve, at its outer end, is formed with an outwardly bulged portion 6 and from thence the same is extended to provide the flared inner wall 7 of the shield for the lamp bulb, the outer wall 8 of the shield being straight. Both the parts 7 and 8 of the shield are substantially semi-cylindrical in cross section and the inner straight edges of the shield are provided with outer and intermediate spaced semi-cylindrical portions 9 and 10, respectively. From the outer edge of the sleeve, from a portion thereof not formed with the shield, there are extended longitudinal guard members 10, respectively. The guard members are equidistantly spaced and the central guard member is projected 8 beyond the outer guard member 9 and is bent upon itself to form the same with a hook 11. By providing the device with a hook the improvement may be suspended from any suitable support, such as a part of an automobile being repaired.

The sleeve 5 on its split end, at its juncture with the bead or bulged portion 6, is provided with outstanding ears 12, and passing through alining openings in these ears there is a bolt member 13 which is engaged by a suitable nut. As the sleeve 5 is connected to the handle at the inner end of the said sleeve and as the sleeve is of metal, the outer or mouth end of the sleeve will readily spread when the bolt 13 is partly unscrewed which permits of the insertion in the sleeve of the socket 14 for the lamp 15 and the frictional engagement of the outwardly directed bead 14; on the said socket with the inner wall provided by the a lower wall provided by the bulged portion 6 of the sleeve. The wires leading from the socket may be jointed by having their ends contacted, the outer insulation facing removed therefrom and a split copper sleeve or collar 15 tightly Wound around the wires. The Wires are held in the sleeve, so that a pull thereon will not cause the said wires to become removed from the contacts engaged thereby through the medium of a stop element. The stop element is of metal, one section of which is disclosed by Figure 5 of thedrawing. Each of the sections comprising the stop element is of metal and has a centrally bulged substantially semicylindrical portion 16 and ears or plates 17 extending in opposite directions from the said 7 part 16. The earshave alining openings'for the reception of preferably removable securingelements 18. The ears are passed into I the bore 2 by having theiredges. guided in the grooves 4 and the stop element rests-upon the bore.

The simplicity of my construction and the advantages thereof will, it is thought be understood-and appreciated by those skilled in the art to which such invention relates so that further detailed description will not be required. Obviously I do not wish tobe restricted to the precise details herein shown and described and, therefore, hold myself entitled to make such changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what I claim.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A handle for a lamp socket, a split metal sleeve surrounding the outer end of the handie and having its end fixed to the handle,

means for adjustably connecting the second and outer end of the sleeve, said outer end of the sleeve having an outwardly bulged portion, describing acne-half circle and having an outwardly tapered port-ion extending therefrom and merging into a straight portion, the tapered and straight portions providing a reflector, an open guard fixed to-the I outer edges of the reflector, the bulged por-- tionof the sleeve designed to receive therein and to frictionally engage with the outer and beaded end of a lamp carrying socket and said handle having a bore for the passage of the cords of the lamp socket, and the opposed walls provided by the bore being grooved longitudinally, a split metal stop member comprising twoadj ustably connected sections to include a central round portion which isarranged-around the cords and flanges which are guided through the grooves of the bore I and which is designed to be moved into contact with the outer end walls provided by said grooves for preventing the cord being pulled through the handle. 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. JOHN EARL KILKENNY. 

